Ex Ching & Lockhart Collections
339, Lot: 557. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CHINA, Míng dynasty. Tàizŭ. AD 1368-1398. Æ 5 Wén (42mm, 19.51 g, 12h).
Hong Wu Tong Bao in
kǎishū Hànzì (regular script) characters /
Wu Qian in
kǎishū Hànzì (regular script) characters. Hartill 20.99; Lockhart 1056 (this coin). Good VF, brown patina.
From the HLT Collection. Ex R.E. Stadt Collection, 8504; Daniel K.E. Ching Collection (Scott Semans, 2 June 1991), lot 388; Spink-Taisei 7 (2 July 1989), lot 557 (part of); James H. Stewart Lockhart Collection, no. 1056.